--- title: "11 Counter Productive Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Counter Productive quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Counter Productive sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/aidan-donnelly-109795_fair_respecting-other-humans-is-becoming-coun_395277.jpg" --- > [“Respecting other humans is becoming counter productive”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-donnelly/respecting-other-humans-is-becoming-counter-productive/) [Aidan Donnelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aidan-donnelly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/aidan-donnelly-109795_fair_respecting-other-humans-is-becoming-coun_395277.jpg) > [Government is at best useless, and at worst counter-productive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakha-bendukidze/government-is-at-best-useless-and-at-worst-counter-productive/) [Kakha Bendukidze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakha-bendukidze/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/kakha-bendukidze-251718_government_government-is-at-best-useless-and-at-wor_2834741.png) > [War is an irrational, counter-productive way to handle conflicts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-s-wittner/war-is-an-irrational-counter-productive-way-to-handle-conflicts/) [Lawrence S. Wittner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-s-wittner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/lawrence-s-wittner-255736_conflict_war-is-an-irrational-counter-productive_174199.png) > [When you work with someone you don't quite know, you have to figure the director out, and you can come up with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stellan-skarsgard/when-you-work-with-someone-you-don-t-quite-know-you-have-to-figure/) [Stellan Skarsgard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stellan-skarsgard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/stellan-skarsgard-3602_come_when-you-work-with-someone-you-don-t-qui_2246618.png) > [I learned a long time ago that place matters to me, on many levels, and maybe more than it should, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-kilmer/i-learned-a-long-time-ago-that-place-matters-to-me-on-many-levels-and/) [Val Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-kilmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f8/val-kilmer-3242_levels_i-learned-a-long-time-ago-that-place-mat_996039.jpg) > [I have gotten disturbed at some of the Democrats' anti-business behavior, the sentiment, the attacks on work ethic and successful people. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-dimon/i-have-gotten-disturbed-at-some-of-the-democrats-anti-business/) [Jamie Dimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-dimon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d2/jamie-dimon-1320_behavior_i-have-gotten-disturbed-at-some-of-the-d_1928633.png) > [I've found that sitting around and obsessing about projects moving forward, when there's actually nothing I can do about it, at a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-strong/i-ve-found-that-sitting-around-and-obsessing-about-projects-moving/) [Danny Strong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-strong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b3/danny-strong-15949_certain_i-ve-found-that-sitting-around-and-obses_2822853.png) > [“But do not start making yourself hungry just as yet—missing meals or not eating enough food that your body needs to function…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-allan/but-do-not-start-making-yourself-hungry-just-as-yet-missing-meals-or/) [Jenny Allan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-allan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/jenny-allan-23364_art-making_but-do-not-start-making-yourself-hungry_646656.jpg) > [“Education is intended to shape the minds of individuals to be productive. Yet, it could also drive people to be counter-productive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-t-rivers/education-is-intended-to-shape-the-minds-of-individuals-to-be/) [Clarence T. Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-t-rivers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/705/clarence-t-rivers-86816_education_education-is-intended-to-shape-the-minds_793270.jpg) > [The idea of abstracting away the one thing that must be blindingly fast, the kernel, is inherently counter productive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-torvalds/the-idea-of-abstracting-away-the-one-thing-that-must-be-blindingly/) [Linus Torvalds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-torvalds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1b/linus-torvalds-1512_ideas_the-idea-of-abstracting-away-the-one-thi_1215546.jpg) > [I think the word is counter-productive. Capitalism is counter-productive to art, just as the Catholic Church was counter-productive to art four hundred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-farren/i-think-the-word-is-counter-productive-capitalism-is-counter/) [Mick Farren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-farren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/mick-farren-42519_art_i-think-the-word-is-counter-productive-c_1307573.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/counter-productive/#itemlist", "name": "Counter Productive Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Respecting other humans is becoming counter productive”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aidan Donnelly" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-donnelly/respecting-other-humans-is-becoming-counter-productive/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/aidan-donnelly-109795_fair_respecting-other-humans-is-becoming-coun_395277.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/aidan-donnelly-109795_fair_respecting-other-humans-is-becoming-coun_395277.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/aidan-donnelly-109795_fair_respecting-other-humans-is-becoming-coun_395277.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Respecting other humans is becoming counter productive” — Aidan Donnelly", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Government is at best useless, and at worst counter-productive.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kakha Bendukidze" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakha-bendukidze/government-is-at-best-useless-and-at-worst-counter-productive/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/kakha-bendukidze-251718_government_government-is-at-best-useless-and-at-wor_2834741.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/kakha-bendukidze-251718_government_government-is-at-best-useless-and-at-wor_2834741.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/kakha-bendukidze-251718_government_government-is-at-best-useless-and-at-wor_2834741.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Government is at best useless, and at worst counter-productive.” — Kakha Bendukidze", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "War is an irrational, counter-productive way to handle conflicts.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lawrence S. 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